'Circa 1900' exhibition opens at the Johnson Museum

Paintings, sculpture, furniture, pottery and photographs made around the year 1900 are on view in a major new exhibition this fall at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Andre Derain's "The Trees," from the collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, N.Y., is on view in the "Circa 1900" exhibition at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art through Nov. 25.

"Circa 1900: From the Genteel Tradition to the Jazz Age" features spectacular paintings by Cézanne, Derain, Pissarro and Sargent; sculptures by Picasso, Matisse and St. Gaudens; glass by Tiffany and Steuben; furniture by Wright; and photographs by Steichen, Kasebier and others.

The exhibition is a collaboration among six upstate New York museums, including the Albright-Knox in Buffalo, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum in Utica, the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, the Albany Institute of History and Art and the Johnson Museum. The exhibition is on view Sept. 8 through Nov. 25.

The opening reception -- which is free and open to the public -- for this and the other fall exhibitions will be Friday, Sept. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. At 4:30 there will be guided tours of the "Circa 1900" exhibit, and at 4 and 5:30 p.m. there will be performances of Balinese dance. A free shuttle bus will run from Cornell's A lot to the museum from 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Other fall exhibitions follow:

• "Suaranya Gong Kebyar: The Balinese Art of Ida Bagus Madé," organized by History of Art faculty member Kaja McGowan, is the first American exhibition of works by the finest Balinese painter of the 20th century, who died in 1999. "It is very fitting that Cornell present this exhibition, since Cornell faculty members Claire Holt and Benedict R.O'G. Anderson, the R.L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies, were early admirers of Ida Bagus Madé, and Professor Anderson has lent his collection of this artist's work to the exhibition," said McGowan. "The energy of Ida Bagus Madé's work and the inspiration he took from Bali's musical traditions make his works unusually appealing." The exhibition is on view now and runs through Oct. 28.

• "Cornell Art Faculty," the annual exhibition of work by the artists who teach in Cornell's studio art department, includes paintings, works on paper, sculpture and multimedia works, reflecting the range of artistic interests and concerns. The exhibition runs Sept. 1 through Oct. 17.

• "Conserving the Collection: When Art Needs Science" is an exhibition about works of art that have been damaged -- by breakage, by humidity, by light -- and how the conservation professionals have repaired them. The exhibition runs Sept. 1 through Oct. 28.

• "Image and Imagination: Jean-Léon Gérôme and Orientalism" is a companion piece to "Circa 1900" focusing on the work of Gérôme and other artists who painted very popular "oriental" or Middle Eastern themes during the 1800s. This exhibition includes works from the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, N.Y.

For more information on the exhibitions or any of the many programs related to these exhibitions, please call 255-6464 or see www.museum.cornell.edu.